1. The Endocrine System: Part II.
- Author
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Pelino, Carlo J. and Pizzimenti, Joseph J.
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VISION disorders , *OPTIC chiasm , *MAGNETIC resonance imaging , *VISUAL field measurement - Abstract
The article presents a case study of a 62-year-old female who complains about fluctuating vision in each eye and peripheral vision loss that is with consistency with bitemporal hemianopia. A dense of bitemporal hemianopia was revealed by confrontation fields and Humphrey visual field testing. A very large mass in the suprasellar cistern that compresses the optic chiasm was revealed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the brain.
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- 2010